This contract can be defeated in more than one way Which line would you choose as defenders?
#1
Posted 2013-January-29, 23:52
#2
Posted 2013-January-30, 00:31
#3
Posted 2013-January-30, 02:43
So now declarer, after trumping a ♥ continuation or a ♣ switch in dummy must make a decision, a) play for the drop, or b) play for the Queen hook. It is easy to make judgements when you can see all 4 hands. At the table, declarer can only see 2 and has a tough decision to make. If he gets it wrong he is down whichever way you look at it.
So the question really is, which of the 3 other suits does East continue with to maximize the pressure on declarer?
#6
Posted 2013-January-30, 06:43
WellSpyder, on 2013-January-30, 05:36, said:
A ♦ switch keeps it to 10. Two rounds of trumps ending in dummy still leaves that third vital trump to get back to dummy. Declarer has already lost the ♥A and now loses to the trump queen as well at the continuation of the ♦ suit. A ♥ from hand goes on the ♠Q still leaving a ♥ loser in hand.
So how about a ♣ switch?
#7
Posted 2013-January-30, 07:02
32519, on 2013-January-30, 06:43, said:
Sorry, what? ♥A, ♦K, ♠A, ♠K, ♦A (ruffed), ruff the rounded suit return and run ♦s. Where is the third defensive trick?
32519, on 2013-January-30, 06:43, said:
Looks the same as continuing hearts but less natural.
#8
Posted 2013-January-30, 07:14
32519, on 2013-January-30, 06:43, said:
No, WellSpyder is right, it's 11 tricks not 10. Yes, there's a ♥ loser in hand, but so what? There are also 3 ♣ losers - declarer ruffs one of these 4 losers to get back to dummy, and the rest all go away on the ♦s.
In a nutshell:
- the position is essentially the same on either a ♣ or a ♥ return - declarer needs to get the ♠s right to make the contract, but then has 12 tricks
- on a ♦ return, again if declarer gets ♠s right 12 tricks are there, but WellSpyder's line is safe for 11 on any 3-1 or 2-2 trump break
#9
Posted 2013-January-30, 07:35
Was this the real auction?
-gwnn
#10
Posted 2013-January-30, 07:42
32519, on 2013-January-30, 06:43, said:
LOL Defensive tricks get multiplied like if they were bread and fish, you can't lose ♠Q more than once per hand, isn't there a law for this?
BTW if you ever want to make a finese unfinesable double dummy just make it really unfinesable like giving west ♠QJx
#11
Posted 2013-January-30, 07:51
♦ is 11, my mistake.
#12
Posted 2013-January-30, 08:01
#15
Posted 2013-February-07, 16:01
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